a few questions about fry and friend fish deaths

[prerunnedyota]

i tried doing a search but couldnt find any info how fast do convict fry grow

also just for i dotn have to start a new thread i got 2 more questions i just got a xp3 canister filter which is for a 175g and i have a 55g do i leave it at full flow or turn it down there is also a power 60 filter and a powerhead on the tank

and my other question is my friends fish jsut started dying like 6 of them 5 firemouth and a electric blue ina 65 gallon and all taht is left is a large pleco and a small aratus i went over to his house andtested the water and everything was were it was suppose to be including the ph the firemouths didnt seem to have anything wrong with them when they were dead but the electric blue had ich that he had been treating for about a week before it died

[Harry Tolen]

What, besides pH, did you test? And what were the results?

[prerunnedyota]

nitrate nitrite and ammonia evrything except nitrate was at zero and nitrate was a t the fsit bow i forgot wat i said he still has the kit i think it was 20ppm tho it was the lowest on the AP test kit chart

[Duke107]

I too would like to know how fast convict fry will grow to a safe size with respect to my other hungry fish?

[ChEeRs_BiG_EaRs]

most people use convict fry for fish food so they prob wont know how long it takes convict fry to grow. it would depend on the environment they are in, food availability and water conditions. i used to ahve these bugggers but sold them as they jsut didnt stop breeding... ive got electric yellows, and from what i have observed they grow at about the same speed, maybe the cons a little faster. id say to get to about 1cm, id say 1 month to 1.5 months. maybe even less depending on what u feed em :O
Justin

[NatakuTseng]

They don't grow all that fast. Puma and I have had ours for over a month, they have been getting fed a new food out called Golden Pearls, higher protein than baby brine,and it simulates brine shrimp in the water by suspending the the water column, but boy does that stuff have an odor, lol. Ours are just pushin past the 1cm mark, good thing about convicts is a sellable size is about an inch, but they aren't money makers, anyone with a tank and water can get them to spawn, (tank+water+male and female convict= Population boom) We are also doing 1 or 2 water changes a week, each 30% or so. Talking with a few people around here who have bred stuff they also concure that convicts are pretty slow growing.